Later, being a Muslim, Zainab was deported by Indian authorities and sent to the newly created Pakistan.
Singh illegally entered Pakistan to reinstate contact with Zainab, but she ended the marriage under pressure from her family.
[2] The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border.
[3] In his suicide note, Singh expressed his last wish to be buried in Barki village where Zainab's parents resettled after partition.
The autopsy of Singh's body was conducted in a hospital in Lahore and was taken to the village on 22 February 1957 for burial but the villagers did not allow that and Singh was buried at Miani Sahib, the largest graveyard of Lahore.